Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-04-14
IN GENERAL.

suodenly In providence, r. l., Thursday, al
the age OF rs years.
Mrs. DIR. Naylor was burned to deatb at
Macon, NO., Thursday morning, by her
clothes catching FIRE from stove.
me Rowland clothespin factory ut Custer,
nllchigan, was burned on Thursday night.
lts average daily output was l5O, ,00i pins.
John Killlon's livery stables at New
Liberty, Ia, were burned on Wednesday
week, Wlth S7blooded horses. Loss, $50 600;
Two Frenehmen have recently been max
ability Of Canada to supply horses saitable
for military purposes. It Is believed they
are representatives OF the French govern
ment.
Patrick Mccarthy was hanged Friday
at Fort Smith, Ark, for the murder Of two
men In the Indian Territory over u year ago.
The evidence against him was wholly cir
cumstantial, and he died asserting his In
nocence.
james Il. Ross, an inoffensive old man,
was shot dead, nedr Campton, KY, Fri.
day, by James Buchanan. The latter was
nrunk at the time, and has since said he
crime.
Fontaine T. Fox, ar, died in Danville,
@sJst va "pthpouhJ Wf6h1 III tHb bDlG wear
of his age. He was father of the late Peter
Fox, q well-known tlrfman, and OF Fon-
taine L. Fox, Jr,, nov Prohibition candi-
date for governor OF Kentucky.
In Dubuque Friday James Artery,
former employe Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
" st. Paul railroad, got verdict In the
Federal court for $4,000 damages against
the company. He was run over by n hand
car and his lower limbsand back par zed.
AT Connellsville. Pa, Friday morning,
l0-pound can OF blasting powder exploded
In the house OF John zippa, severely burn
Ing Mrs. lippa and her 2-year-old child.
The house was badly damaged. The powder
was ignited by the child, who was playing
around the stove with fIstick.
A boarding house In bridgeport, Conn,
was burned Thursday morning by the ex-
plosion OF coal oil lamp, at 1,30 O'Clock.
Twenty-three inmates were forced to flee
for life In their night clothes. Two men
were severely burned in the face and limbs,
and two women badly injured by jumping
from window.
DIR. Anandabai Joshee, the distinguished
Hlndoo graduate of the Woman's Medical
College of Pennsylvania (class OF 1856,
died at Poona, India, February 25th, OF
phthisis, developed on tn, voyage home.
She had been appointed resident physician
In the Albert Edward Hospital at Kholapur,
and was on her way to herpost.
A colored girl, employedsas servant by
DIR. j. p. Hunter ofLaurens, s. c., on Thurs
day attempted to kill the doctor and his fam
lily by putting rat poison In their dinner. All
who partook Of the food became III, but are
now out OF danger. The GIL said she was
tired of being bound out and wanted to
kill the entire family.
Alvin Hill, son OF bank president Of
Decatur, Ind, and @. W. Archbold, a mer-
chant OF Pleasant Mills, arrived In Chicago
on Thursday evening and roemed together
at hotel. They blew out the gas, and
Friday morning young Hill was found dead
and Archbold so nearly dead that 1t took
an hours hard work to resuscitate him.
De Witt Aiken, ex-congressmen from the
Third district of South Carolina, died yes.
terday week at his home, in Uokesburg, In
that state, aged 80 years. He had been In III
health for u long time. He WAS farmer
by occupation, enlisted In the Confederate
army as private and rose to the rank of a
colonel. He had served two terms In the
state legislature, been master OF the state
grange. and member of Ave Congresses.
The village of Cosheeton, in Sullivan
county, N. Y, Is inundated, for the fourth
time this year, by flood In the upper Della
ware. The ice In the river bed remains
frozen, preventing the water from taking
it's natural channel, and, since Tuesday, the
main street Of the village has been tnun-
dated to depth OF three feet. Two farms
below the village have been washed out
There is no communication between tho
railroad and the bridge on the Delaware,
except by boats.
The statue OF General Albert Sidney john
ston, in Metairie cemetery, at New Orleans,
was unveiled 10 the presence OF lO,0OO
spectators yesterday week. Among TIE
veteran associations that attended were
several Grand Atny posts. The ceremonies
included music, the reading or poems, an
nration by Senator Gibson, speech Dy
Jefferson Davis and benediction 9y BishoP
Galleher of the Protestant Episcopal
Church. A letter was read from President
Cleveland in response to an Invitation to
attend.
The Grand Castle OF the Knights OF the
Golden Eagle of Pennsylvania, In session
at Reading, adjourned last night week, aIter
installing the following officers: Past
Grand Chief, O. @. Simon OF Philadelphia;
Grand Chief, Charles h. Huston OF Phila-
delphia; Grand High PHest, y. ". eleven,
ger OF Philadelphia; Grand Master OF
ileeords ], d, Barnea OF Philadelphia;
Grand Keeper of Exchequer, Charles A.
Blekel of Philadelphia; Grand bir Herald,
A, q, Lyttle OF Altoona; Trustee for tine
three year term, DR.. W. 3enderllng OF fhil-
adelphia.
The commissioners of the District OF
Columbia have decided TO prevent the
opening OF any place of business IN the
| District on Sundays except drug sSores anu
undertakers' establishments. Ine CONF
| mIssioners have recently been enforcing
the closing OF liquor saloons on Sunuays,
and while examining the District statutes
| they have discovered al obsolete law dl-
recfing the closing of all business places
except those OF druggists, undertakers anu
BARRIERS, A subsequent law closed parper
shops, so that only tae Two nc ioriner ',, NY Wy
authorized TO remain open. rue v1niuls- ial,
sioners have determined 70 ehloree the iaW'
The reoreapized Church of Jesus Christ
| of the Latter Day Sainte (nonpolygamous
Mormons) are holding oohIsIehoe W,, ~ nhin the
old Mormon Temple built In hirtanq ~ ,o9l9, in9
e. years ago, by Joseph Snisn am anu nrassOt nas nj
and Joseph Smith Of Iowa, son OF IL tne orig.
1 inal Joseph Smith, Is president. Ihe report
of the church secretary shoWs mat lhsre
ara nj present il, 1856 Latter Day Saints, une
NET gain during the past year being ,5vo'
Iowa has the largest numbr, a,zzis "a an9 ~ 1r.nI VI.
ginla the smallest, 9. There are 49o ~ otan.
Twenty-one missions were otgaliNou ouiine
the past year.
1t is reported from Jcllet, Illinois. tnat
the barb. wire manufacturers througnomes ~
the country have perfected scheme en- II,entO 70
close down a large number OF tne ~ piathsss atias
and raise the price. They say tnS mattes u y
Is oyerstocked and they az rInnns Wal.l,,,, a. q
loss. The United Barb Wire Ovinpany, 1 aa,,,,l
national concern to which aii Io .no lii' Iii the
facturers belong, proposes 70 iessse aa,. a,, on
pahsIs, ons Az tonnage sbipaed in 1856 with
lnoar a. e1 oent os tba value Of he plants added
for three years, and closeS inon ,oae W pn,d ra.
expeeseeu saha ~ 70 sha nronnsition have been
plleS Ihy s oonI, " baiF II them already.